Sow Much Chaos, Sow Little Secrecy
This week, Erin Lane, Editor at A Parenting Production challenged us to talk about an embarassing moment. The problem for me was choosing just one. So I didn’t. I’m sure that everyone can relate to this because you are probably a mom or dad yourself. Usually people who don’t have kids steer clear of this [...]
Today we are talking about how to identify and treat ringworm. Yummy. If you are cringing at the thought of reading this post, then you are probably not alone. Ringworm sounds like the most disgusting thing ever, doesn’t it? However, if you have a child who wrestles for sport, has a pet or comes into contact [...]
There are days when I feel like no matter how much I do for my kids, I am not able to feel victorious as a mother. Yesterday was one such day. Yesterday started with a husband who had the stomach flu and not feeling so hot myself. I got the kids to school and [...]
Daniel Jr was close…thisclose…to earning his cell phone. He wants one bad, so bad that he can taste it. When progress reports came home from school last week, I could see how painful it was for him to hand me his. He had four A’s and one B+. The deal we made required all A’s. [...]
I like silence. I enjoy the few hours that I finally get every day while my seedlings are in school. Silence is beautiful. I beg my children at least once a day, to just be silent for a few minutes and allow me to collect my thoughts. Silence is essential at times. There are times, [...]
The simple version: Your child’s hand or foot print made into a unique and beautiful work of art. The Real version (according to me:) They hang on my wall, reminding me of days past, when diapers made up the bulk of our weekly grocery shopping and “me time” referred to the 2 minutes a day [...]
I have a sensitive nose. I gag easily when forced to compromise the status quo of my olfactory senses by cleaning up puke, digging a poop covered toy out of the toilet and other such details of motherhood. I get queasy at the sight and smell of blood. I fainted once when I cut my [...]
This year is a hallmark for my husband and I. All of our kids are now in school (cue the *fist pumping*) and this means that I get six whole hours of time to get work done and pee by myself. It also means that I am forced to be organized, which is not my [...]
Our children are our most precious gifts. Sure we may yell at them for annoying their siblings, get irritated with them for leaving their trash laying around and wish that we could duct tape their mouths some days. But the days when we are reminded of how fragile their lives are, it puts everything into [...]
